Posted by Right Change
— Thu, November 17 at 4:13PM
Right as the Supercommittee hits a roadblock on the way to cutting $1.2 trillion from the budget over 10 years, our national debt tops out at $15 trillion. We could spend our time focusing on the inefficiency of these 12 lawmakers, or how Democrats refuse to accept Republican’s concession on revenues, and how President Obama has a Dr. Evil grin on his face just thinking about the failure of it all. Instead, we ought to turn our attention away from the second-rate committee and focus on how we topped $15 trillion in our national debt.
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Posted by Right Change
— Wed, November 16 at 5:26PM
The House has passed 22 jobs bills that are stuck in the Senate because Senator Harry Reid refuses to bring them to a vote. The Democrats have also backed away from the Supercommittee negotiations because Republicans want to reform what’s actually stalling our economy. Our President is secretly celebrating this logjam because a “do-nothing Congress” will make him look better in the polls. It has become clear that our current Congress and President have no hope in solving our economic woes. It appears the best we are going to get is the AGREE act.
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Posted by Right Change
— Wed, November 16 at 4:46PM
Normally in the private sector, bonuses are awarded to employees for their quality performance. In the government, bonuses are awarded to employees regardless of how he or she performs. In the case of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, their executives and employees were awarded $13 million in bonuses after posting the worst quarterly loss of this year. This outraged members of Congress enough to call the executives to testify at the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday.
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Posted by Right Change
— Tue, November 15 at 5:29PM
The Supercommitee remains in a deadlock. Now they are poised to punt all of the tough calls to their respective Congressional committees such as the Ways & Means committee. If they fail, it will mark a significant point in our history in which all of our leaders are incapable of leading the greatest nation in the world. That is bad for all of us.
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Posted by Right Change
— Tue, November 15 at 5:03PM
As Obamacare heads to the Supreme Court, the fact that Justice Elena Kagan was Obama's solicitor general and was responsible for defending his administration’s positions in court disputes should have been enough for her to recuse herself from the trial. Recent developments have shown that a new batch of emails from her could be the ultimate form of a conflict of interest.
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